1927 Northwestern

• Biggest winBeat South Dakota 47–⁠2Oct 1

  By 45 points, its widest win.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Oct 1	vsSouth Dakota	W 47–⁠2		95%
Oct 8	vsUtah	W 13–⁠6		49%
Oct 15	atOhio State	W 19–⁠13		42%
Oct 22	vsIllinois	L 6–⁠7		62%
Oct 29	vsMissouri	L 19–⁠34		58%
Nov 5	atPurdue	L 6–⁠18		47%
Nov 12	vsIndiana	L 7–⁠18		72%
Nov 19	vsIowa	W 12–⁠0		59%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

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  The game

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

• Frank BakerEnd

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1927.

From Wikipedia’s 1927 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Illinois	5–⁠0	7–⁠0–⁠1
Minnesota	3–⁠0–⁠1	6–⁠0–⁠2
Michigan	3–⁠2	6–⁠2
CChicago	3–⁠3	4–⁠4
Purdue	2–⁠2	6–⁠2
Ohio State	2–⁠3	4–⁠4
Northwestern	2–⁠3	4–⁠4
Indiana	1–⁠2–⁠1	3–⁠4–⁠1
Iowa	1–⁠4	4–⁠4
Wisconsin	1–⁠4	4–⁠4

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.